Nian X. Sun

Nian Sun is a College of Engineering Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Northeastern University, where he also directs the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Integrated Ferroics. He is the founder and Chief Technology Advisor of Winchester Technologies, LLC. In 2025, he served as Head of the Corporate Research Center, Midea Group, overseeing the R&D of ~600 scientists. Dr. Sun earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Before joining Northeastern University, he worked as a Scientist at IBM and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. His achievements have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the W.M. Keck Foundation Award, Humboldt Research Award, Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award, Outstanding Translational Research Award, NSF CAREER Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, etc. His research focuses on novel magnetic, ferroelectric, and magnetoelectric materials, devices, and microsystems, as well as advanced gas sensors and sensing systems. He has authored/coauthored over 400 peer-reviewed publications and holds 21 issued US patents. One of his papers was selected as one of the “Ten Most Outstanding Full Papers of the Decade (2001–2010)” by Advanced Functional Materials. Dr. Sun has delivered over 200 plenary, keynote, and invited presentations at international conferences and seminars. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Physical Society (APS).